IIT
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Two campuses within one
A glimpse into how space, layout and infrastructure in an engineering institute produces different experiences for its male and female students
March 20th 2025
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Seven years later: The IITs’ supernumerary scheme
A recap of the much-acclaimed supernumerary seats scheme which was introduced in the IITs to boost gender ratios, and an examination of its impact.
March 12th 2025
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Accidental IITian: The tempered radicalism of Ravinder Kaur
An IIT Delhi-based sociologist shares her evolving views of science and technology, and traces her attempts to study and bring change in her own institute.
March 4th 2025
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Ex-IIT-M faculty alleges casteism in special recruitment drive
The recent resignation of Vipin Veetil from IIT Madras brings to light sophisticated ways of subverting affirmative action in the IITs.
February 21st 2022
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Casteism keeps our top institutes running
An online discussion between Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi journalists, academics and activists revealed how casteism thrives in and defines modern Indian academia.
June 1st 2021
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Poonam Powers Through Solid Mechanics
A mechanical engineer doing research in IIT Guwahati talks piezoelectricity and busts some myths about mechanical engineering
January 11th 2018
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Indu Has Some Concrete Ideas
A civil engineer at IIT Guwahati talks about her research on lightweight concrete
November 15th 2017
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Sudha’s Notes from the Underground
A geophysicist from IIT Kharagpur tells us about the tricks of her trade.
October 11th 2017
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Hospital Hopping with Mahati Chittem
A psycho-oncologist at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad
April 24th 2017
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Vandana and her Atom-splitting Machines
At atomic and molecular physicist at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad
February 8th 2017